...“Benefits of the Inclusion of Foreign Languages to the Curriculum among G8 – G9 student in LSU-IS S.Y. 2012-2013” Laiza May G. Ocul 10 – Br. Lucian Athanasius CHAPTER 1 I. INTRODUCTION Language has a great impact to the society. We are living in a world filled with different cultures behaviors, nationalities and languages. Because of these differences, the ideas of learning and using a universal language have been able to unite our diverse population (Goshgarian, 1992). We will be able to communicate to people around the world by learning the language, despite the language barrier. Now what will happen if schools and universities will introduce a new language to the students? Last S.Y. 2011-2012, La Salle University – Integrated School added Mandarin classes as part of the academic curriculum. It was exciting, yet very challenging, for students who first encountered the language. For the next months, students grew interested in Mandarin. Students have learned the basics, studied the Chinese alphabet and learned how to write Chinese characters. Chinese songs and dances were also introduced. “No one is born with the capacity to speak a language; he grows up with it, he absorbs it, he practices it” (Irmscher,1972). It takes commitment and interest to learn a new language. The introduction of Mandarin allowed students to enhance and expand their vocabulary. The student body and the administration truly appreciated the new language. By this, we can express our ideas...
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...ISSN 1798-4769 Journal of Language Teaching and Research, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 682-684, September 2010 © 2010 ACADEMY PUBLISHER Manufactured in Finland. doi:10.4304/jltr.1.5.682-684 Interlanguage Pragmatics Theory and Its Implications for Foreign Language Qian Huang Foreign Language Teaching Department, Dezhou University, Dezhou 253023, China Email:qqh@dzu.edu.cn Abstract—The major purpose of college English teaching is to cultivate and develop student’s pragmatic competence. Interlanguage pragmatics is a new interdisciplinary branch of study based on the theories of pragmatics and second language acquisition which has direct guide significance for foreign language teaching. This paper firstly introduces the theoretical models of the two theories and then focuses on the implications for foreign language teaching. Index Terms— interlanguage pragmatics, pragmatics theory, SLA theory, implications I. INTRODUCTION In 1969, the psychological linguists Selinker in his paper "Language Transfer" pointed out that when people in different countries and regions have communicate in second Language, language often appears with some native Language and relevant, and with this two kinds of pragmatic styles of Interlanguage totally different, this is "the Interlanguage" (Interlanguage). In Selinker view, the former study of interlanguage study was just the grammar system study. Therefore, the study of interlanguage was only limited from speech phonemes, lexical, syntactic to semantic etc...
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...CONNECTIONS 16(1,2): 23-36 © 1993 INSNA The Influence of Social Networks on the Acculturation Behavior of Foreign Students1 Tsung-chi Kenny Hsu Department of Radio/TV/Film, The University of Texas at Austin August E. Grant Department of Radio/TV/Film, The University of Texas at Austin Wei-wei Huang Department of Mass Communication, Fu-jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan Cross-cultural communication scholars have looked at effects of interpersonal communication and both ethnic and host mass media uses on the acculturation behavior of immigrants for a long time. The present study employs an important network analysis concept, the social influence of alters on ego, in the field of cross-cultural communication. Using measures of alters' acculturation, English- and ethnic-language media uses, and years of residence in the U.S., a model is proposed and tested upon a sample of international students from a college campus. The results indicate that the alters' acculturation plays a central role in the pattern of relationships. INTRODUCTION To answer questions such as "what happens when individuals move from one culture to another" and "why are some immigrants more successful than others in adapting a new environment," social scientists have long employed the concept of acculturation to explain the process through which immigrants adapt themselves to the norms and values of the host culture (Gordon, 1964; Padilla, 1980; Gudykunst & Kim, 1984; Kim, 1977, 1988). The immigrant...
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...(TPR) Community Language Learning (CLL) 1.6 Suggestopedia (Suggestology) 1.7 Communicative Approach 1.8 Natural Approach 1.9 Emotional-semantic method 2. Theoretical aspect of effective methods of teaching 2.1 The bases of teaching a foreign language 2.2 Effective ways and techniques of teaching a foreign language 2.2.1 Constructivist teaching strategies 2.2.2 Communicative Teaching Method 2.2.3 Using project method in teaching a foreign language 2.2.4 The method of debates 2.2.5 Games 2.2.6 Role plays as a method of teaching 2.3 Methodological principles of modern methods of teaching 2.4 Practical aspect of ways of teaching 3. Comparative characteristics of modern techniques of teaching English 3.1 Features of techniques 3.1.1 Communicative method 3.1.2 Project methodology 3.1.3 Intensive method 3.1.4 Activity Based method 3.2 Similarities of methods 3.3 Positive and negative aspects of techniques Conclusion Bibliography Appendix Introduction Language teaching came into its own as a profession in the last century. Central to this process was the emergence of the concept of methods of language teaching. The method concept in language teaching—the notion of a systematic set of teaching practices based on a particular theory of language and language learning—is a powerful one, and the quest for better methods preoccupied teachers and applied linguists throughout the 20th century. Howatt (1984) documents the history of changes in language teaching throughout...
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...VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES THE FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES [pic] THESIS PROPOSAL AN INVESTIGATION ON THE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES USED BY VIETNAMESE TOUR GUIDES TO OVERCOME LANGUAGE LIMITATIONS WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH FOREIGN TOURISTS (NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ CHIẾN LƯỢC GIAO TIẾP MÀ CÁC HƯỚNG DẪN VIÊN VIỆT NAM SỬ DỤNG ĐỂ KHẮC PHỤC NHỮNG HẠN CHẾ VỀ NGÔN NGỮ KHI GIAO TIẾP VỚI KHÁCH DU LỊCH NƯỚC NGOÀI) Supervisor : Prof. Nguyen Hoa Name : Hoang Thi Thanh Date of birth: 25/12/1989 Cohort : 22 (2013 – 2015) Class : D HANOI, 25/08/2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS |CONTENT |PAGE | |RATIONALE OF THE STUDY |1 | |OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY |3 | |SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY |4 | |SCOPE OF THE STUDY ...
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...Intercultural Communication with Bilingualism (跨文化传播、双语形象与多元文化主义：以日本双语教学为例) 研 究 生： 阿夏 指导教师： 安然 学 号： 201122800213 学 院： 新闻与传播学院 专 业： 传播学 华南理工大学研究生院 二〇一二年七月 Abstract The concept of "bilingualism" (two-, multilingualism) has become a symbol of the XXI century. Bilingualism is a way of thinking, perception of the world, self-identity. Open borders within the Schengen Zone, simplified procedure of obtaining temporary visas due to lack of human resources within the countries, etc. caused the significant increase of the immigration processes. Moving from one country to another, people are introducing traditions, lifestyle and language of the country of origin to the new ground. (Intensive processes of integration taking place in modern global community, could be characterized as comprehensive and multifaceted, and can be analyzed from different perspectives, theoretical frameworks and approaches. It should be noted that these processes determine the complex, multifaceted problems, among which there is a multilingualism, the most common variant of it - bilingualism. ) Bilingual education is a form of education in which information is presented to the students in two (or more) language (Bilingual education). English has been playing a central role in the cross-cultural communication as the common international language for linking people with different native languages. For children...
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...Aktobe Regional State University by K.Zhubanov A project work Theme: Anglicisms in modern language Student: Ayzharykova L. Group: ED – 208 Tutor: Suleimenova Z. E. Aktobe 2014 The relevance of this study is that the consideration of issues related to the theory and practice of borrowing, especially important in today's conditions, because today expressed serious concerns about the strong influx of borrowing, which may lead to a depreciation of the Russian word. But the language - it is a self-developing mechanism that is able to self-clean, get rid of excessive, unnecessary. This happens with foreign words, borrowing which was presented during the trial. The novelty of this study lies in the interpretation of the theme, hence its relevance, which is determined by the importance of the English language in the life of Russian society. The subject of the work is to study the borrowing of Anglicisms in modern Russian decades. Abstract. Damage to the culture of the language - clogging his jargon, the trend towards illiterate use of language structures and units in spoken language - is an obvious problem of youth culture of speech. Our everyday speech - is not only an indicator of the level of literacy, aesthetic...
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...CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Most universities talk about "foreign language", they mean a language other than the main one spoken in your home, or other than the main language that most of your subjects were taught in when you went to school.To be considered a foreign language, the language has to be a language used by humans - so it can't be a computer language like C++ or Java. But if you're a native English speaker, it could be Spanish, or French, or Russian, or Mandarin, etc. Or yes, often, it can be ASL. A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to or other than the main language that most of your subjects were taught in when you went to school. In recent years, computer-assisted language learning has been integrated into foreign language education and computer programs with varying levels of interactional relationship between computer and the language learner have been developed. Language learning aids such as foreign language writing aid and foreign language reading aid, targeted at the specific language skills of foreign language learners, are also alternative instruments available for foreign language learners. Instructional courseware can be defined as “software developed for the purpose of providing instruction” (Gibbs, Graves, & Bernas, 2001). The term ‘courseware’ was introduced by SCORE! Educational Centers, the pioneering developer...
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...Language an important factor in multinationals: The impact of language across cross-cultural leadership, management and communication Abstract The purpose of this literature review is to analyze the impact of language on various leadership and management contexts in multinational organizations which operates across different cultures. This paper examines the extent of literature which have focused on the study of language and its impact on activities concerned with leadership and management in multinationals. The main focus being the impact on headquarter and subsidiary communication, knowledge sharing and management contexts, this paper details the literature which suggest that multinationals would be better off by focusing on language and developing language policies which better suit its nature rather than taking language as a granted factor. The objective of this paper is to conclude that language difference across different cultures can no longer be left unattended as its as various implication internally as well as externally for corporations which are operating with different cultures and different languages. Keywords: Language, MNC, multinationals, leadership, management, communication, knowledge sharing, language policy Introduction The growing integration of companies from all around the globe is increasing the race towards a global village. Companies that operate beyond borders are the most influential of them all. Multinational companies are crossing their national...
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...Appraising Internationality in Spanish Communication Journals ´ david ferna ndez-quijada This article explores how journals published in a language other than English achieve a degree of internationality and can increase our knowledge of scientific publication patterns. This author offers a case study focused on Spanish communication journals from a sample of 1182 articles published from 2007 to 2009. The article examines three variables in this sample: the number of non-Spanish scholars, the use of languages other than Spanish, and how often non-Spanish journals are referred to. The results show that (a) these journals find it difficult to attract foreign scholars, (b) open-language policies have had a limited effect, and (c) internationality is constrained to the Spanish geolinguistic region. Keywords: internationality, local journals, Spanish scholarly journals, journal evaluation, communication sciences introduction The impact of published research is measured by means of well-established tools; one such tool is the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). However, in the field of communication studies — and in fact in all the social sciences — the SSCI does not take account of all the research published; this is particularly visible in cases where research is published in languages other than English. For example, in 2009, only 81 out of the 1585 articles (5.11 per cent) indexed in the Communication category of the SSCI were not written in English. In the context of these...
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...This paper presents a model of second language acquisition based on the social‐psychology of acculturation. The model maintains that certain social and psychological variables cluster into a single variable, acculturation. The model predicts that learners will acquire the target language to the degree they acculturate to the target language group. Six studies that, in various, ways seek to test the Acculturation Model are reviewed and evaluated. Technical problems that affect such research are discussed, and the current status of the model is assessed. The extent to which form-focused instruction contributes to the acquisition of second language implicit knowledge is controversial. Whereas Krashen (1993) has argued that the effects of FFI on acquisition are peripheral, N. Ellis (this issue) sees FFI as facilitative and even necessary for developing implicit L2 knowledge. This article examines the role of FFI in developing implicit knowledge by reviewing 11 studies that have examined the effect of FFI on learners' free production. The review suggests that FFI can contribute to the acquisition of implicit knowledge and points to two variables that appear to influence its success—the choice of the target structure and the extent of the instruction. FFI involving extensive instruction directed at “simple” structures was more likely to succeed. However, limited instruction directed at complex structures also proved effective, provided that the target structures are readily available...
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...How effective is learning a foreign language in high school? Not very. According to “America’s Lacking Language Skills,” an article by Amelia Friedman for The Atlantic, “less than 1 percent of American adults today are proficient in a foreign language that they studied in a U.S. classroom.” What’s one way to remedy this? Beginning foreign language instruction earlier. For the average American student, foreign language instruction doesn’t begin until high school. Only a small percentage of people remember everything that they learned in a high school foreign language class. Everything they learned just didn’t stick and they gradually forgot everything. Students should begin foreign language instruction in kindergarten because it is easier for young children to learn, has many benefits as the students get...
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...Preference Salary Preferences Is salary negotiable? Work Preferences Travel Preferences Additional Job Information $40,000.00 Yes Full Time Frequent Domestic and Foreign Travel Experiences X None are applicable Adjudication experience Arabic language skills Autotrack Canine Handler/Team Member Canine Training Chinese language skills Commentator profiles Elicitation experience Explosives Federal government personnel security investigations Foreign media collection French language skills Greek language skills HAZMAT/CBRN response Indonesian language skills Instructor - Security and/or law enforcement training Internet research Interpretation techniques Interrogation experience Interviewing experience Investigative experience Japanese language skills Korean language skills Law enforcement Marine security guard Medical defensive tactics Microsoft Access Microsoft Excel Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Word Military police officer Military special operations officer National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Operation & maintenance of alarm system Operations & maintenance of X-ray systems Operations & maintenance of closed circuit TV systems Persian (Farsi) language skills Personal protection Polygraph experience Portuguese language skills Private security police officer Protective security services Russian language skills...
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...Content-Based Instruction (CBI) is a significant approach in language education (Brinton, Snow, & Wesche, 1989). CBI is designed to provide second-language learners instruction in content and language. Historically, the word content has changed its meaning in language teaching. Content used to refer to the methods of grammar-translation, audio-lingual methodology and vocabulary or sound patterns in dialog form. Recently, content is interpreted as the use of subject matter as a vehicle for second or foreign language teaching/learning. * | Benefits of content based instruction 1. Learners are exposed to a considerable amount of language through stimulating content. Learners explore interesting content & are engaged in appropriate language-dependant activities. Learning language becomes automatic. 2. CBI supports contextualized learning; learners are taught useful language that is embedded within relevant discourse contexts rather than as isolated language fragments. Hence students make greater connections with the language & what they already know. 3. Complex information is delivered through real life context for the students to grasp well & leads to intrinsic motivation. 4. In CBI information is reiterated by strategically delivering information at right time & situation compelling the students to learn out of passion. 5. Greater flexibility & adaptability in the curriculum can be deployed as per the students interest. Comparison to other...
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...NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Student: Marqueze J. Sawyers THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETELY FILLED IN Follow these procedures: If requested by your instructor, please include an assignment cover sheet. This will become the first page of your assignment. In addition, your assignment header should include your last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number. This should be left justified, with the page number right justified. For example: SawyersMHRM5000-8 6 | Save a copy of your assignments: You may need to re-submit an assignment at your instructor’s request. Make sure you save your files in accessible location. Academic integrity: All work submitted in each course must be your own original work. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by your instructor. Knowingly submitting another person’s work as your own, without properly citing the source of the work, is considered plagiarism. This will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course. It may also result in academic dismissal from the University. | | HRM5000-8 | S. Manlove | | | Human Resources Management | 6 | ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ...
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